Papers of Alexander Cumming, 1893-1896.

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Papers of Alexander Cumming, 1893-1896.

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The materials were written by Alexander Cumming between 1893 and 1896 and describe his efforts as editor of the University of Michigan Graduation Souvenir , contain notes from his classes at the University of Michigan, describe his efforts to find employment or attend graduate school after completing a degree from the University of Michigan, and his experiences as a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The collection consists of general notes, correspondence, and lecture notes. The two general notes folders contain copies and drafts of correspondence sent and received by Cummings. These papers are perhaps of the most interest to scholars as they contain Cumming's observations and descriptions of his experiences looking for employment and attending school before the turn of the century. The correspondence from 1893 consists mostly of Cumming's attempts as editor of the Graduation Souvenir to persuade businesses to take out advertisements. The lecture notes contain information from lectures Cumming documented as a student at the University of Michigan and includes visitor speeches.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Cumming family.

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Cumming, Alexander, b. 1871

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Alexander Cumming was from Oil City, Pennsylvania. He attended college at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago. While he was a senior at the University of Michigan in 1893, Cumming was the editor for the Graduation Souvenir, a publication given to graduating students. After his graduation from the University of Michigan in 1894, Cumming became a professor of English and History at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. In 1895, Cumming began attending the University of Chicago w...